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A composite ceramic material includes a matrix of ceramic particles and particles of a different ceramic having a lower sintering temperature than that of the matrix ceramic, the particles of the different ceramic being dispersed in the matrix of ceramic particles. According to a method of manufacturing such a composite ceramic material, material particles of one of the elements of a matrix ceramic and particles of a disperse ceramic whose sintering temperature is lower than that of the matrix ceramic are mixed together, and the mixture is pressed into a preliminary shaped body. Then, the preliminary shaped body is placed in a sinter reaction furnace, and the particles in the preliminary shaped body are subjected to sinter reaction in the sinter reaction furnace, thereby producing a preliminary sintered body in which the particles of the lower sintering temperature are dispersed in the matrix ceramic which is generated by the sinter reaction. Thereafter, the preliminary sintered body is fully sintered to make its structure dense, thereby producing a composite ceramic.
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